Improvement in sulky-plows



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JAMES L. VAN GORDER, OF SIDNEY, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN SULKV-PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,563, dated August29, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES L. VAN GORDER, of Sidney, in the county ofShelby and in the State of Ohio, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Sulky-Plows; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe annexed drawing making part of this specication, in which- Figure lrepresents a plan view. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, the wheels beingremoved to show more clearly the mechanisms by which the plow ismanipulated. Fig. 3 is a section on line a. a of Fig. l, showing theparts by which the furrow-Wheel is lowered and raised and held inposition. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation, partly in section. Fig. 5 is aside elevation of the mechanism for lifting the plow. L

The same letters of reference are employed in all the iigures in thedesignation of identical parts.

This invention, which is intended to improve the construction ofsulky-plows, consists in the employment of an axle cranked in such amanner as to form a suitable space for the passage and vertical andlateral movements of the plowbeam, as well as a vertical part for theattachment of the plow-beam by means of an adjustable and jointedcoupling. It further consists in novel combinations of devices foradjusting the axis of the furrow-wheehfor lifting the plow and holdingit above the ground, and for adjusting the plow to take more or lessland, all of which features will be generally explained in the followingdescription and speciiicallypointed out in the claims.

The axle A carries at one end the unadjustable or land-wheel B, and itsother extremity, which stands vertically, is provided on the outer sidewith a segmental plate, a, to the center of which the lever C isattached, turning upon a fulcrumpin, a. The short arm G1 of this leverhas a projecting stud, C2, upon which the furrow-wheel D turns. Byturning the' lever in one direction or the other the furrow-wheel islowered or raised to throw the plowshare into any required position, aseries of holes being' provided in the plate a for the purpose ofholding the lever and the wheel in any desired position by means of abolt which is passed through a hole in the lever and a correspondinghole of the series in the plate.

Other means for stationing the lever may be employed. The lever is alsoformed with a hook, c, folding over the edge of the segmental plate tosteady it in its movements and hold it rmly to the plate. The axle isbent into adouble crank, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4, to provide avertical part, A1, for the attachment of the plowbeam, andV a suitablespace upon each side of such vertical part to permit of the necessarymovements of the plow-beam and the coupling bywhich it is attached tosuch part 5 at the same time the horizontal portion of the upper crankserves as a support of the seat A2. The plowbeam E is attached to thepart Al of the axle by means of a coupling, composed of the plate F,which is at each end firmly secured to the side of the plow-beam in anysuitable manner, and a clip, F which is pivoted to the side of the plateF, and constructed with two horizontal ears, f f 1, through apertures inwhich the part Al of the axle passes. This coupling permits of verticalas well as lateral motion of the plow-beam; and it also slides freely upand down on the part Al of the axle, on which it can be sustained at anyrequired height, for deep or shallow plowing, by means of a transversepin passed through one of a series of pin-holes formed in such part, asindicated in Fig. 4. The plow-beam is turned horizontally on the part A1ofthe axle, to take more or less land with its share, by means of alever, G, the short arm of which is linked by the rod G to the forwardend of the beam. The lever may be controlled by a notched arc or in anyother preferred manner. The draft .animals are hitched directly to theplow-beam, it being provided with a clevis for that purpose, while thetongue H serves simply as a means by which to guide the machine. Thetongue is rigidly secured to the axle at different points by the staysh, h1, h2, and 7b3, as shown. The plow-beam is lifted to bring its shareabove the surface of the ground by means of a lever, I, which is pivotedon a standard or brace-bar, Il, and connected at one end by a rod, I2,to the part F of the coupling, and provided at the other end with afootpiece, I3, by which to operate it. This foot-piece is pivoted, bymeans of downwardly-projecting ears i, upon a lateral stud of the lever,and its upwardly-projecting ear i is linked by a rod, K, to the latch K.This latter is hung upon the fulcrum-pin of the lever I, and is sodisposed that as the plow-beam is lifted the necessary distance byturning the foot-piece on its stud so as to throw the lower end of thelatch to the rear, its notch will hook under a projecting part of thepart F of the coupling and sustain the plow-beam in its elevatedposition. The coup ling is released from the latch by oscillating thefoot-piece forward.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

I. The combination of the cranked axle A A1, the coupling F F or itsequivalent, lever I, and the plow-beam with plow attached,substantiallyY:asf described'.

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